Category: World News
UAE court orders British trader who orchestrated $1.7 billion tax fraud to repay Denmark’s tax authority
Fox News The United Arab Emirates’ highest court Tuesday ordered a British hedge fund trader convicted of orchestrating a $1.7 billion tax fraud to pay that amount to Denmark’s tax authority. Financier Sanjay Shah was convicted in a lower court of masterminding a scheme that ran from 2012 to 2015. Under it, foreign businesses pretended…
Read MoreSingapore hangs citizen for trafficking 3.3 pounds of cannabis
Fox News Singapore on Wednesday hanged another citizen for trafficking cannabis, the second in three weeks, as it clung firmly to the death penalty despite growing calls for the city-state to halt drug-related executions. The 37-year-old man was executed after his last-ditch bid to reopen his case was dismissed by the court Tuesday without a…
Read MoreSanction busting new Iran-Russia intercontinental railroad agreement seeks to take on Suez Canal
Fox News Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi virtually oversaw the signing of a $1.7 billion intercontinental rail system that Moscow claims will rival the Suez Canal as a major global trade route. The deal between Moscow and Tehran will finance the Rasht-Astara railway set to connect India, Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan and other…
Read MoreUkraine says Patriot air defense system not destroyed
Washington Post Moscow claimed to destroy one of two sophisticated Patriot air defense systems in Ukraine but Kyiv disputed the account. A U.S. official said one system was damaged but operational. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/17/patriot-ukraine-air-defense-war/
Read MoreDiana’s deadly crash echoes in Harry and Meghan’s paparazzi ‘car chase’
Washington Post The last day of Princess Diana’s life in 1997 began with romance and ended in tragedy — one reverberating after Harry and Meghan’s “near catastrophic car chase” with paparazzi this week. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/05/17/princess-diana-crash-harry-meghan/
Read MoreSearing Asian heat wave was substantially more likely due to climate change, according to study
Fox News A searing heat wave in parts of southern Asia in April this year was made at least 30 times more likely by climate change, according to a rapid study by international scientists released Wednesday. Sizzling temperatures of up to 113 degrees Fahrenheit were recorded in monitoring stations in parts of India, Bangladesh, Thailand…
Read MoreUS issues new travel warnings for summer hotspots in Caribbean, South America
Fox News The U.S. State Department has issued a series of travel warnings to Americans looking to visit the Caribbean or South America this summer after countries across both regions experienced an uptick in crime. The department issued five updated travel advisories in the past three weeks for Haiti, Colombia, Jamaica, Chile and Peru, with…
Read MorePakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan says police are surrounding his home
Fox News Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan said Wednesday that police were surrounding his house in an upscale area of the eastern city of Lahore and he could be arrested. However, police said they were surrounding the home because dozens of people linked to last week’s violent attacks on public property and military installations…
Read MoreFlooding in northern Italy kill at least 8, forces thousands to be evacuated
Fox News Exceptional rains Wednesday in a drought-struck region of northern Italy swelled rivers over their banks, killing at least eight people, forcing the evacuation of thousands and prompting officials to warn that Italy needs a national plan to combat climate change-induced flooding. The heavy rains also forced Formula One to cancel this weekend’s Emilia-Romagna…
Read MoreRussian court orders arrest of prominent film producer, theater director for criticizing war in Ukraine
Fox News A Moscow court has ordered the arrest of prominent film producer Alexander Rodnyansky and theater director Ivan Vyrypaev for “spreading false information” about the Russian army. The initial court hearings against Rodnyansky and Vyrypaev were held on 27 April, but not reported by the court until Wednesday. According to the court’s press service,…
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